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Cultural Environment Human Development Reports /citations/human-development-reports Thematic reports published annually by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Recent themes have included; The Real Wealth of Nations, human...
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- 16 Feb 2010
- Research & Ideas
The Outside-In Approach to Customer Service
their culture so that some of these ideas begin to permeate and shape the behaviors and actions of their employees. Level 4: At level 4, firms become agnostic about whether they produce all the inputs they provide to their customers and,...
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- 07 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 7
Creativity: The Superadditive Benefits of Multicultural Experience for Collective Creativity in Culturally Diverse Teams Authors:Carmit Tadmor, Patricia Satterstrom, Sujin Jang, and Jeffrey Polzer Publication:Journal of Cross-Cultural...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 18, 2018
and Leslie John Abstract—Governments have proposed text warning labels to decrease consumption of sugary drinks—a contributor to chronic diseases like diabetes. However, they may be less effective than more evocative, graphic warning...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
The History of Beauty
the momentum for homogenization was strong, it was striking that markets stayed differentiated by inherited cultural and social preferences. And globalization today is working in a far more complex fashion. The geographical spread of...
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- 03 Jun 2013
- Research & Ideas
The Power of Rituals in Life, Death, and Business
better." Rituals Enhance Consumption Just as there are multitudes of grief rituals all over the world, so too are there innumerable rituals related to feasting, ranging from cultural (a Japanese tea...
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by Carmen Nobel
- 16 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 16
some promising young managers to lead them; locate them safely away from the established businesses-is a recipe for failure, according to the authors. Meanwhile, CEOs spend too much time on managing today's earnings and too little time on building the kind of learning...
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Anna Secino
- 20 Feb 2017
- Research & Ideas
Having No Life is the New Aspirational Lifestyle
unproductive ways to show their status,” says Keinan. But something in our culture has changed about how status is achieved. In the past decade, conspicuous ostentatious consumption has become less socially...
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by Michael Blanding
- 07 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
The One Good Thing Caused by COVID-19: Innovation
directly as they walk out of the store, with no checkout required. Many cultural industries—museums and galleries, cinemas, concert halls, independent musicians and artists—found means to create, perform, and connect with their audience...
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by Hong Luo and Alberto Galasso
- 31 Aug 2020
- What Do You Think?
Why Don’t More Organizations Understand the Power of Diversity and Inclusion?
“many of our existing leaders have not had the experience of not being included in their companies’ cultures because of factors related to their race or gender.” That observation probably applies to many in the lower ranks of leadership...
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by James Heskett
- 26 Jun 2018
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New Research and Ideas, June 26, 2018
hedonic products to enhance their enjoyment of future consumption occasions. Current approaches to becoming expert center on cultivating an analytic mindset. In the present research the authors explore the benefit to enthusiasts of moving...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 15 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
Businesses Beware: The World Is Not Flat
other common myth that even if the world isn't quite flat today, it will be tomorrow. The data clearly indicate that national borders still matter. I group the differences that they demarcate into 4 areas: those related to cultural...
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by Martha Lagace
- 12 Nov 2021
- News
Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
imperative that we engage immediately with each of these challenges—individually and collectively. The decisions we make about how to manage our investments, our business operations, our supply chains, our people, and our corporate View Details
- 06 Aug 2019
- Cold Call Podcast
Super Bowl Ads Sell Products, but Do They Sell Brands?
it was an advertising bro fest, but also a reflection of the cultural norms of the time. After all, the 1960s was the dawn of the golden age of advertising when agencies were evolving from product pitchers to storytellers. That first...
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FIELD Global Immersion Resources: Chile
Database- From the World Bank, this website is a one-stop source of data on household consumption patterns in developing countries. CultureGrams: Republic of Chile - country profile with emphasis on View Details
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FIELD Global Immersion Resources: Morocco
videos on various aspects of Moroccan culture. Global Consumption Database - From the World Bank, this website is a one-stop source of data on household consumption patterns in developing...
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- 12 Aug 2010
- News
You Can’t Take It with You
that made me wonder if we’re in the early stages of a cultural shift to downsizing, minimalism, and generally questioning if personal wealth, public success, and material goods lead to lasting happiness. In the July-August issue of HBR,...
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- 22 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 22
culture and religion-and among our participants-our results suggest a common psychological mechanism underlying their effectiveness: regained feelings of control. Paper: http://www.people.hbs.edu/mnorton/norton%20gino.pdf Rituals Enhance...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Faculty Books
Entrepreneurship and Global Capitalism edited by Geoffrey Jones and R. Daniel Wadhwani (Edward Elgar Inc.) This selection of articles includes historical research on the role of entrepreneurship in creating global capitalism; the cultural...
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- 14 Oct 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Widening Rift Between Corporations and Society
now? Zuboff and Maxmin: A century ago mass consumption was on the rise. People wanted more things. The answer was to produce more goods at an ever-lower cost—mass production. Corporations were organized around a managerial hierarchy...
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by Martha Lagace